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Westsplaining
Country:
USA & Europe
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Article ID:
43
Title:
What we’ve misunderstood about Russian motivations for the war in Ukraine
Author:
Michael S. Neiberg
Date:
June 15, 2023
Source:
Washington Post
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The war in Ukraine that McGlynn ruefully describes is therefore “Russia’s war,” not just Putin’s war. The Russian people, like those she came to know during her many years of studying Russia and living there, either support the war or at least identify with the historical justifications underpinning it. In the end, however, public support does not really matter. Unlike the West, where democratically elected leaders seek the support of the people they lead into war, Putin only needs their apathy or political neutrality. Their agreement with a common narrative of events is a more-than-adequate substitute for their active support.
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